Tie for railway-rails.



J. W. RYAN.

TIE FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. 1914.

1 1 5 1 ,05 1 Patented Aug. 24., 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

W I I: i

J. W. RYAN. TIE FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 24, 1914.

1 1 5 1 ,05 1 Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

'3 Jam Wfi an,

JOHN WILLIAM RYAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

TIE FOR RAILWAY -RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 24, 1915.

Application filed November 24, 1914-. SeriaLNo. 873,790.

To all 1071 nm it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN WV. RYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ties for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ties for railway rails, the object being to construct a tie of metal which shall be light to permit of ease in handling, but which shall embody the desired strength to withstand the weight as well as the shock and jar to which it is subjected.

A further object of the invention is the construction of a metallic tie having associated therewith means whereby a rail may be effectively secured upon the tie.

A still further object of the invention is the construction of a metallic tie which shall embody the desired amount of resiliency.

lVith the above and other objectsin View, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a tie constructed in accordance with my invention, supporting rails thereon, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 with the rails removed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view, approximately on the line l4 of Fig. 3, taken through one end of the tie, Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one end of the tie, the chair and wedge member being removed, Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof the chair member, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the wedge member. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner in which the legs of the split wedge-key 29 engage with one of the sides 4 and with the underface of the wedge-member 26.

My improved tie includes a flat top 1 of the desired width and thickness, which is formed upon its underface with legs 2, the same being arranged in pairs, and the members of each of said pairs are spaced approximately an equal distance apart and disposed adjacent the opposite ends of the tie. The leg members have their end edges inclined outwardly and downwardly from their connection with the top plate 1, so that the bottom or lower portions of the legs are of a materially greater length than the upper portions thereof. The legs are formed at their lower edges with longitudinally extending feet 3 which are disposed at a right angle to the vertical plane of the said legs and hence are parallel with the horizontally straight top plate 1 of the tie. The feet extend an equal distance from the opposite sides of each of the legs, to provide the tie with a firm support, which will receive the roadbed and will effectively sustain the said tie against both lateral and longitudinal movement. The plate 1 between the mem bers of each pair of legs, at the ends thereof, isformed with depending sides a, the lower walls of which being curved or arched, as indicated by the numerals 5, the said arched portions serving as braces for the legs as well as reinforcements for the top plate. The plate 1, at a slight distance beyond one of the pairs of legs 2 at the opposite ends I of the tie, is integrally formed with an upturned angular flange 6 which terminates in a vertically straight plate or portion 7, the members 6 and 7 having their inner faces shaped to conform with one of the sides of one of the rails S with which it engages.

Formed upon the upper face or plate 1 of the tie, at a suitable distance from its rail engaging members and directly over the second leg connected by the arched member 4, are longitudinally extending lugs 9 and 10 respectively, the same being arranged at the edges 'or sides of the tie, and are hence spaced a suitable distance, one from the other. The lugs 9 and 10 are thus arranged in pairs, and the top plate 1 between each of the pairs of lugs and each of the rail engaging members 6'? is'slotted longitudinally, as at 11, the upper edges of the side walls 12, provided by the said slots being beveled upwardly and outwardly, as at 13. The faces of the lugs arranged adjacent each of the members 67 are beveled 0r inclined, as indicated by the numerals 1 1- and the said beveled faces are arranged at an angle so that the portion 14 of the lug 9 is nearer the members 6-7 than the beveled face 1 L of the member 10.

The numeral 15 designates a chair member which includes a base or body 16, the same having its longitudinal edges inclined inwardly, as indicated by the numeral 17, and one of its edges is inclined upward, as indicated by the numeral 19. The bodies are of a size to be received upon the beveled or inclined portions 13 of the walls 11, so that the said bodies will rest flush with the top of the tie between the rail engaging member and the lugs thereof. The transverse end wall of the opening 12 provides, what may be termed, a continuation of the inner face of the portion 6, and is consequently beveled, and indicated by the numeral 20, and this portion 20 is adapted to be contacted by the inclined or beveled end 19 of the body members 16 of the chairs, when the said chairs are forced toward the angular member 6, in a manner which will presently be described. Each of the chairs 15 includes an angular flange 21 and a vertical plate 22 which are shaped to conform to the sides of the rails opposite that engaged by the member 67. The portions 2122 of each ofthe chairs are of a width corresponding with the width of the tie at the top thereof, so that the lower portions of said members projecting beyond the beveled sides 17 of the body 16 form shoulders 23 which rest upon the face of the tie at the opposite sides of its opening 11. The rear face of each of the angular members 21 of each of the chairs 16 is beveled, as at 21, in an opposite direction to the beveled inclined ends 11 of the lugs 9 and 10, the said beveled faces 21 being adapted to receive one of the beveled edges 25 of a wedge block 26, the opposite beveled edge 27 being inclined to afford an efiective binding against the portions 14 of the lugs 9 and 10, when the said wedge block is forcibly brought into contact with the wall 21 and the portions 1% of the said lugs 9 and 10. Each of the wedge members 26 is provided with an opening 28, the same being formed on the reduced end thereof, and the said opening is adapted for the reception of a securing element, preferably in the shape of a wedge 29, the same having its lower portion slotted, and one of the arms thereof being bent outwardly to retain the key upon the wedge and retain the wedge looked upon the tie.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

In order to assist in securing the tie in the roadbed, I have found it desirable to provide the same, upon its underface, and cen tral of the inner legs 2 with a downwardly depending elongated member, arranged transversely of the tie and which preferably has'its lower edge brought to a point, and which I term an anchor lug and designate by the numeral 80.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A metal tie including a horizontally straight top, legs depending from the top and having their edges inclined outwardly from the tie, longitudinally extending feet upon the legs, rail engaging flanges upon the top, and lugs spaced from the said flanges.

2. A metal tie including a horizontally straight top, legs arranged in pairs depending from the tie, horizontally disposed feet extending from both of the sides of the legs, arched members connecting the pairs of legs, rail engaging members formed with Elie top, and lugs spaced from the said mem ers.

8. A. metal tie including a horizontally straight top having rail engaging flanges formed thereon, lugs spaced from the said flanges, legs depending from the top, feet for the legs, and a centrally disposed downwardly extending anchor lug formed with the top.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- JOHN WVILLIAM RYAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM M. GRADY, GEORGE KABmzEoK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

